Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Harry Clay Smith (1863-1941)
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Everett Frederic Morrow (1909-1994)
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Letitia A. James (1958- )
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Maxine Waters (1938- )

Explore Global African History

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John Leerdam (1961- )
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The Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes (1890s-1920s)
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Walter Daniel John Tull (1888-1918)
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Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire (1909- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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What Can I Do with A Black Studies Major? Five Hundred Answers Provided by Robert Fikes, Jr.
African in Golconda, India, 17th century
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Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
Race Across America
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Resurrecting the Legacy of Eddie Gardner
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Paul Robeson and Japanese Americans, 1942-1949

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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